Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya has hinted that the BJP could consider legislation to jump start the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya "if other options take time". Mr Maurya, formerly a Lok Sabha member from Phulpur near Allahabad, was responding to reports in local dailies that quoted him as saying that if the BJP had majority in the Rajya Sabha, they would have pushed legislation for the construction of the temple.